Motion-picture-film strip



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UNITED "STATES 1 I isst-ieu vrPATENT, OFFICE.

FRANK W. Lovmov,v or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,1AssIGNon To EASTMAN KODAK GOM- :PANY, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

A CORPORATION kOIE NEW YORK.

' MOTIon-PiOrunnriLIa STRIP.

i vApplication led August 23.',1926. ASerial No. 130,791.

This invention relates to motion picture film and more particularly to such film' as is furnished in a cartridgefor daylight loading in a portable camera.

As thus furnished, a typical cartridge comprises a reel having vwound thereon a film strip comprising a sensitized lfilm bandwith protective paper bands attached -to the ends thereof. This may be used lin cameras of various types, typical examples being shown Yin the patents to Tessier, 1,572,252, granted Feb. 9, 1926; and Wittel,1,588,082, granted June 8, 1926. f

In such apparatus, the film strip is fedin self-supported loops from a feeding means such as asprocket, to a gate andy from the gate to a feeding means. The sensitized film band, being of a pla-stic cellulosic material, is sufficiently stiff and elasticy to maintain such loops without difficulty. Thepaper protective bands, however, have much less body and there is sometimes a tendency for them to buckle as they are being fed through the mechanism. This is particularly liable subjected to humid atmospheric conditions tending to make the paperespecially limp.v

Under such conditions, moreover, the protection afforded the sensitive film band by the paper against atmospheric influences is lessened.

The objects of my invention are, therefore, to increase the stiffness and elasticity of the protective bands, to render such bands waterproof, and thus to increase the protection af forded the sensitized film, and to render them readily attachable to the film.

These objects are attained by laminating to one surface of the protective papera preformed film of pyroxylin or like cellulosic composition, thinner than the support of the sensitized portion.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a reel of film embodying'my invention, one flange being partly broken away. Y

Fig. 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the film strip, including the junction of the sensitized portion and a protective portion, the thicknesses being much exaggerated. v

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic showing ofthe apparatus used in forming the protective bands.

Fig. 4 is an edge view, with the thicknesses much exaggerated, o f a modified form of my n invention showing the junction ofthe sen- Isitized and protective portions.

. The film cartridge, as furnished for camera l ilo use, comprises a reel having side flanges 1, and a corev 2, upon which is wound a protective portion 3, coiled directly on the core, an

iin/exposed sensitized Vfilm portion 4 attached at one end to the outer end of the protective portion 3 and an outeryleader band or protecive portion' attached at one end to the outer end of the coiled sensitized portion 4v and woundaround it, .thev protective portions 3 y and 5 thusforming continuation-s of the seny sitizedportion 4 and the tliree'portions 3, 4 and 5 constituting in cffecta single, coiled film strip having the usual perforations 11.

The sensitized portionconsists, as is usual, of a support 6 Of a plastic cellulosic composition, suchas one of cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate, cellulose ether, viscose or the like, (preferably cellulosefacetate), upon one surface of which is a light sensitive gelatinosilver-halide layer 7 y The leaderband 5 consists of a paper band 8 to one surface of which has been laminated a .pre-formed sheet or film 9 of a cellulosic composition of thetype described, byv means 'of an adherence inducing medium, varnish or cement.

The sheet 9 need not b e as thick as the support 6. In practice, I have found that the support may advantageously be about .005 inch thick and the sheet 9 about .003 inch thick and the paper 8 about .003 inch thick. These dimensions are, of course, illustrative only and are mentioned'by way of example. While the manner of assembling may be varied, a' convenient method would rbe to form a long band of the cellulosio film and apply this to a long band of paper, the two bands being advanced from supply rolls to an'adhesive applying station, and the gelatine coating being applied as a later separate step. This is shown in a purely diagrammatic way in Fig. 3, wherein bands of paper 20 and film 21 are supplied from reels 22 and 23 and drawn in contact between rollers 24, a liquid adhesive from a tank 25 being applied at 26 just before the bands Contact. The combined band 27 is coated'with liquid gelatine at 28, and the coated sheet later slit at 29 and the Anarrow bands 30 wound on reels 31. The individual steps of this process would be carried on at points sufficiently separated iii to allow the band to be properly conditioned and by apparatus of types already known in the art. f

If the film or sheet 9 is one of the common pyroxylin type, the cement Ior varnish Vused to cause Vit to adhere to the paper may -be the following:

Parts by weight.

Cellulose nitrate 100 Fusel oil or butyl alcohol Methyl alcohol OO-2000 Camphor 2-0 rThis is merely given by Way of example as many equivalent and suitable formulae are known, It' the film embodiescellulose acetate or ether, other Well linown formulae suitable for use with. them Would be used, such as:

If desired, the leader strip may be applied to the support side of the sensitized film strip, as shown in Fig. 1l, the pre-formed sheet 9 of pyroXylin or the like being` attached to the ,cellulosic support 6 by the use of anyv common solvent or known cement, such, for instance, as a mixture oi equal volumes of acetone, methyl alcohol, butyl Vacetate and methyl acetate. ztine layer may be omitted as shown Vin this ffure. f Y

The specific forms herein disclosed vare by Way of example. It is obvious that numerous embodiments are possi-ble, and I 'contemplate as Within my `invention all such modifications and equivalents as vfall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A rmotion picturev ilmstrip including a band of sensitized lm With a protective band at each end thereof, one -endjof each protective band being securedfto one end Vof the ilm band, the 'fi-lm band 'Comprising la support of cellulosic film and a sensitive layer thereon and each protective band comprising` a strip of paper vand a` pie-formed `lilm of cellulosic material thin-ner than the iilm support and coeXtensive with the stripvof paper and adherently secured thereto.

2. A motion picture lilmstrip including a sensitized band -comprisingra support 0f-s ible cellulosic film With asensitized ygelatine layer thereon and a leader bandcomprising a strip of paper carrying adherently upon one surface a pre-formed filmof cellulosic material thinner than the lilm support and-upon the other surface a layer of gelatine, lone end oi the leader band having its gelatine surface adheren-tly attached to the er at one end of the hlm band.

When so applied, the gel-l gelatine :layy Signed at Rochester, New York, this 17thv day of August, 1926.

FRANKW.' LovEJoYQ 

